The protesters were letting their voices heard over the continued sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji at the Gurdwara Sahib. The Gurdwara has a history of allowing interfaith marriages and has been working on plans to build a wedding party hall on Gurdwara grounds. The wedding party hall is opposed by most of the Sikh community in the UK as it violates Sri Akal Takht Sahib, the supreme authority of Sikhs, orders and Sikh Code of Conduct.

It’s extremely rare for the UK police to be armed and on top of that entering a religious place of worship loaded with guns and ammunition.

The fact of the matter is that Amritdhari Sikh are part of the Sikhs protesting who have a right to carry a Kirpan in the UK. Instead, the Kirpan is being viewed by the Gurdwara committee and police as a weapon.

Apparently, the committee called the police instructing them that a conflict might occur or feared violence. However, the protesters were calm and police with shoes and no head covering entered the Darbar Hall. The concerned Sikh Youth were left with no choice but to uphold the sanctity of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and to protest peacefully at the Gurdwara Sahib.

Many on social media have alleged that their prayers were disturbed due to the protest. However, it was the armed police and private security guards putting the place of worship on lockdown rather than the protesters stopping people from entering.